Container type heavy truck battery replacing station

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of heavy truck battery replacement, and particularly discloses a container type heavy truck battery replacement station which comprises a control room, a charging room and a battery replacement room, the control room and the charging room are arranged side by side at intervals, the battery replacement room is arranged above the control room and the charging room in a crossing mode, and a parking channel is arranged between the control room and the charging room. The parking channel extends upwards to the battery replacing chamber, a rail is arranged in the battery replacing chamber in the length direction of the battery replacing chamber, a traveling crane is movably arranged on the rail and connected with a lifting appliance through a steel wire rope, and a weighing sensor is arranged at the position, connected with the steel wire rope, of the traveling crane. The weighing sensor is connected to the tail end of the steel wire rope, the lifting weight of the lifting appliance is detected, whether the battery box is effectively grabbed by the lifting appliance or not is judged through detection, the accuracy and safety of lifting the battery box are improved, the battery replacement efficiency is improved, all the parts of the whole lifting appliance are of a container type structure, splicing and combination are convenient, and the cost is low. Disassembly and assembly are convenient and fast, transportation is convenient, and use and transportation cost is low.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of heavy truck battery replacement, and in particular to a containerized heavy truck battery replacement station. Background Art

[0002] With the development of the automobile industry, the new energy electric vehicle industry has become an important trend and direction for the development of the automobile industry. The core component of electric vehicles is the power battery box. The capacity of the power battery box is an important factor restricting the development of electric vehicles. The slow charging speed and poor charging effect have always inhibited the development of new energy electric vehicle technology. Electric heavy trucks are a type of electric vehicle. Due to the heavy load and long mileage of electric heavy trucks, the energy consumption is greater than that of passenger cars. The defects of charging technology have led to the low popularity of electric heavy trucks.

[0003] There are two existing ways to charge electric heavy trucks. One is the charging method that takes a certain period of time, and the other is the battery replacement method that directly replaces the depleted battery box. Since heavy trucks have high requirements for the battery box capacity, if the charging method is used, the charging time will be long, which is not conducive to practical use. At present, the heavy truck battery replacement generally involves parking the truck at a predetermined location and using a manipulator to lift and replace the battery box.

[0004] A Chinese utility model patent, publication number CN210634534U, is a heavy truck battery unilateral replacement station, comprising a container assembly..., a lifting device, the lifting device is arranged on the output end below the intelligent crane, and the lifting device can be moved arbitrarily within the container assembly to the projection above the charging position under the drive of the intelligent crane, so as to lift the battery pack;

[0005] However, in this technical solution, due to the uncertain parking position of the heavy truck, it often takes a lot of time to adjust the position of the hoist. There is still a possibility that the mobile hook part of the hoist cannot accurately position and lift the battery pack, resulting in the hoist being empty, which increases the battery replacement time and leads to low battery replacement efficiency.

[0006] Therefore, it is necessary to propose a containerized heavy truck battery swap station to overcome the defects of the prior art. Utility Model Content

[0007] The utility model aims to solve the problems in the prior art and provide a containerized heavy truck swap station.

[0008] The technical solution of the utility model is:

[0009] A containerized heavy truck battery swap station comprises a control room, a charging room and a battery swap room. The control room and the charging room are arranged side by side and spaced apart. The battery swap room is arranged across the control room and the charging room. A parking passage is arranged between the control room and the charging room. The parking passage extends upward to the battery swap room. Tracks are arranged in the battery swap room along its length direction. A traveling crane is movably arranged on the track. A sling is connected to the traveling crane by a steel wire rope. A weighing sensor is arranged at the position of the traveling crane connected to the steel wire rope.

[0010] Preferably, the crane comprises a mobile frame and a mobile motor, the mobile motor is arranged on the mobile frame, rollers are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the mobile frame, the mobile motor is connected to the rollers through a transmission shaft, and a lifting mechanism that can move laterally is arranged on the mobile frame, and the lifting mechanism is connected to the sling;

[0011] The mobile motor drives the roller to move on the track through the transmission shaft, thereby realizing the position switching of the spreader between the battery exchange room and the parking channel, and drives the spreader through the lifting mechanism to realize the battery exchange operation.

[0012] Preferably, the lifting mechanism comprises a bracket, the bracket is movably arranged on the mobile frame, a winch is arranged on the bracket, a wire rope is wound around the winch, and an end of the wire rope is passed around a fixed pulley arranged on the bracket and connected to the sling;

[0013] The bracket moves on the mobile frame in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the mobile frame, thereby driving the hanger to move in two directions within the plane, and adjusting the position of the hanger to correspond to the battery box.

[0014] Preferably, a movable pulley is provided on the sling, and the end of the wire rope is connected to a weighing sensor provided on the mobile frame after passing around the movable pulley;

[0015] The wire rope passes over the movable pulley to drive the sling to rise and fall.

[0016] Preferably, a plurality of charging devices are provided in the charging chamber, a plurality of battery boxes are provided in the battery exchange chamber, and the charging devices are electrically connected to the battery boxes;

[0017] The replaced battery box is charged by the charging device, which saves the waiting time of the heavy truck and improves work efficiency.

[0018] Preferably, a transparent observation window is provided on the side of the control room facing the parking passage;

[0019] It not only plays a protective role but also facilitates observation for operators.

[0020] Preferably, a plurality of heat dissipation doors are provided on both side walls in the length direction of the charging room, and an inspection door is provided on the side wall of the charging room facing the parking passage;

[0021] The heat dissipation door is in the form of a shutter, which can achieve ventilation and cooling of the charging room. The inspection door is normally closed. During normal operation, the inspection door is in a closed state to ensure safe operation. When maintenance is required, the staff opens the inspection door and enters the charging room to perform relevant operations.

[0022] Preferably, an industrial camera is provided on the mobile frame;

[0023] It can accurately identify the position of the battery box in the battery exchange room and the battery box on the heavy truck, and then control the movement of the crane and the hoist to match the position of the battery box.

[0024] Preferably, the control room, charging room and battery exchange room all adopt container-type structures;

[0025] It is easy to connect and disassemble with each other, easy and quick to install, and has low use and transportation costs.

[0026] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0027] The utility model connects a weighing sensor to the end of the wire rope to detect the lifting weight of the sling, and determines whether the sling has effectively grabbed the battery box through the detection, thereby improving the accuracy and safety of lifting the battery box and improving the battery replacement efficiency. All the overall parts adopt a container-type structure, which is convenient for splicing and assembly, quick and easy to disassemble and assemble, easy to transport, and has low use and transportation costs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] Figure 1 The three-dimensional structure of the utility model is shown in FIG. Figure 1 ;

[0029] Figure 2 The three-dimensional structure of the utility model is shown in FIG. Figure 2 ;

[0030] Figure 3 It is a partial enlarged structural schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0031] Among them, 1. Control room; 11. Transparent observation window; 2. Charging room; 21. Heat dissipation door; 22. Maintenance door; 3. Battery replacement room; 4. Parking passage; 5. Track; 6. Crane; 61. Mobile frame; 62. Mobile motor; 63. Roller; 64. Drive shaft; 65. Bracket; 66. Winch; 67. Fixed pulley; 7. Wire rope; 8. Hoist; 81. Movable pulley; 9. Weighing sensor; 10. Industrial camera. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] In order to make the technical means, technical features, utility model objectives and technical effects achieved by the utility model easy to understand, the utility model is further explained below with reference to specific illustrations.

[0033] like Figure 1-Figure 3 As shown, a containerized heavy-duty truck battery swap station includes a control room 1, a charging room 2 and a battery swap room 3. The control room 1 contains security electrical components and computers for monitoring and controlling the entire battery swap process to ensure smooth battery swapping. The control room 1 and the charging room 2 are spaced side by side. The space between the control room 1 and the charging room 2 is a parking passage 4 for parking heavy-duty trucks. The battery swap room 3 is installed across the control room 1 and the charging room 2. To ensure that there is enough parking space for heavy-duty trucks in the parking passage 4, the parking passage 4 extends upward in the height direction to the area of ​​the battery swap room 3. A plurality of charging devices are installed in the charging room 2. A plurality of battery boxes are placed inside the battery swap room 3 and above the charging room 2 for replacement with the battery boxes on heavy-duty trucks. At least one vacant battery box placement station needs to be reserved in the battery swap room 3 for placing the depleted battery box removed from the heavy-duty truck. The charging device is electrically connected to the battery box, and the charging device charges the replaced depleted battery box to facilitate the next quick replacement.

[0034] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the control room 1, the charging room 2 and the battery exchange room 3 all adopt a container-type structure, which is convenient for splicing and installation, quick and easy installation and disassembly, easy transportation, reusable, and low in use and transportation costs. A transparent observation window 11 is installed on the side wall of the control room 1 facing the parking passage 4. The staff can observe the parking position of the heavy truck and the entire battery exchange process through the transparent observation window 11 in the control room 1, and perform corresponding operations. While making intuitive observations, the personal safety of the staff can be guaranteed. Several heat dissipation doors 21 are installed on the two side walls in the length direction of the charging room 2. The heat dissipation doors 21 are The shutter structure can be used to ventilate the interior of the charging room 2 to achieve cooling of the interior of the charging room 2. An inspection door 22 is installed on the side wall of the charging room 2 facing the parking passage 4. The inspection door 22 adopts a normally closed structure. During normal battery replacement operations, the inspection door 22 is in a closed state to ensure the normal battery replacement. When a fault occurs and needs repair or daily maintenance, the staff can open the inspection door 22 and enter the charging room 2. The charging room 2 is provided with a passage connected to the upper battery replacement room 3, which is convenient for the staff to perform related operations inside the charging room 2 or enter the battery replacement room 3 from the charging room 2.

[0035] like Figure 3As shown, two rails 5 are installed above the interior of the power exchange room 3. The two rails 5 are symmetrically installed on both sides of the power exchange room 3 in the width direction and run through the entire length direction of the power exchange room 3. A trolley 6 is installed on the rails 5. The trolley 6 can move along the rails 5. The trolley 6 includes a moving frame 61, a moving motor 62, a transmission shaft 64 and a lifting mechanism. The moving motor 62 is installed on the moving frame 61. At least four rollers 63 are evenly connected to both sides of the moving frame 61. The rollers 63 are symmetrically connected to the moving frame 61 in pairs. The rollers 63 are in rolling contact with the rails 5. The moving motor 62 is connected to two of the rollers 63 through the transmission shaft 64 to drive the rollers 63 to rotate, thereby realizing the movement of the moving frame 61 on the rails 5. In order to ensure the safety of movement, the rollers 63 can adopt a structure with wheel edges, and the wheel edges on the rollers 63 are clamped on the edge of the rails 5 to prevent the rollers 63 from being detached from the rails 5.

[0036] The lifting mechanism is installed on the mobile frame 61. The lifting mechanism includes a bracket 65. The bracket is installed on the 65 mobile frame 61 and can move on the mobile frame 61. The movement of the bracket 65 relative to the mobile frame 61 is achieved by means of a motor gear rack, which are all applications of the prior art. The specific structure is not repeated here. The moving direction of the bracket 65 is perpendicular to the moving direction of the mobile frame 61. A winch 66 is installed on the bracket 65. A wire rope 7 is wound around the winch 66. A fixed pulley 67 is installed on the bracket 65. The end of the wire rope 7 passes around the fixed pulley 67 and is connected to the sling 8. The battery box is grabbed by the sling 8. A movable pulley 81 is installed on the sling 8. The end of the wire rope 7 passes around the fixed pulley 67 and the movable pulley 81 in turn and is connected to the weighing sensor installed on the mobile frame 61. 9 is connected, and the grabbing weight of the sling 8 is detected by the weighing sensor 9 to determine whether the sling 8 has effectively grabbed the battery box. If the weighing sensor 9 detects a difference in weight data, it means that the grabbing is unsuccessful. The weight sensor sends an alarm signal to the control room 1, thereby improving the accuracy and safety of grabbing. An industrial camera 10 is installed on the mobile frame 61, and the industrial camera 10 moves with the mobile frame 61. During the movement, the industrial camera 10 is used to identify the position of the battery box on the heavy truck and the battery box in the battery exchange room 3, and then the position of the mobile frame 61 and the bracket 65 is accurately adjusted according to the identification of the industrial camera 10, and the sling 8 is moved to the position corresponding to the battery box position, thereby improving the accuracy of the sling 8 in grabbing the battery box and improving the grabbing efficiency.

[0037] The working principle of the utility model is:

[0038] When in use, a heavy truck that needs to replace the battery box drives into the parking passage 4, the mobile motor 62 is started, and the driving roller 63 drives the mobile frame 61 and the lifting mechanism and the sling 8 installed on the mobile frame 61 to move to a position above the heavy truck. During the movement, the industrial camera 10 detects the position of the battery box on the heavy truck in real time. According to the detection result of the industrial camera 10, the mobile motor 62 drives the sling 8 to move to the top of the battery box of the heavy truck, and the winch 66 is activated to drive the sling 8 to descend through the wire rope 7. The battery box of the heavy truck is lifted by the sling 8. When lifting, the weighing sensor 9 connected to the end of the wire rope 7 is used to detect the sling. 8 to see whether the battery box has been reliably lifted. After the weighing sensor 9 has passed the detection, the winch 66 reverses to remove the battery box from the heavy-duty truck and transfers it to an empty workstation in the battery exchange room 3 for placement. The charging device in the charging room 2 charges the low-power battery box. Then, according to the detection of the industrial camera 10, the mobile motor 62 drives the hoist 8 to grab the fully charged battery box from the charging room 2 and install it on the heavy-duty truck, completing the replacement of the heavy-duty truck battery box. During the battery box replacement process, the weighing sensor 9 connected to the wire rope 7 detects the weight of the special area of ​​the hoist 8 in real time to ensure the effective lifting of the battery box by the hoist 8, and to ensure the efficiency of battery exchange and the safety of lifting.

[0039] The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the utility model, and is not intended to limit the scope of implementation of the utility model. That is, all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the content of the patent application scope of the utility model should belong to the technical scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A containerized heavy truck swap station, characterized by: The invention comprises a control room (1), a charging room (2) and a battery exchange room (3), wherein the control room (1) and the charging room (2) are arranged side by side at intervals, and the battery exchange room (3) is arranged across the control room (1) and the charging room (2), and a parking passage (4) is arranged between the control room (1) and the charging room (2), and the parking passage (4) extends upward to the battery exchange room (3), and a track (5) is arranged inside the battery exchange room (3) along its length direction, and a trolley (6) is movably arranged on the track (5), and a sling (8) is connected to the trolley (6) through a steel wire rope (7), and a weighing sensor (9) is arranged on the trolley (6) at the position connected to the steel wire rope (7).

2. The containerized heavy truck swap station according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The traveling crane (6) comprises a moving frame (61) and a moving motor (62), wherein the moving motor (62) is arranged on the moving frame (61), rollers (63) are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the moving frame (61), the moving motor (62) is connected to the rollers (63) via a transmission shaft (64), and a lifting mechanism that can move laterally is arranged on the moving frame (61), and the lifting mechanism is connected to the sling (8).

3. The containerized heavy truck swap station according to claim 2 is characterized in that: The lifting mechanism comprises a bracket (65), the bracket (65) being movably arranged on a movable frame (61), a winch (66) being arranged on the bracket (65), a steel wire rope (7) being wound around the winch (66), and an end of the steel wire rope (7) passing around a fixed pulley (67) arranged on the bracket (65) and connected to a sling (8).

4. The containerized heavy truck swap station according to claim 2 is characterized in that: The lifting device (8) is provided with a movable pulley (81), and the end of the steel wire rope (7) passes around the movable pulley (81) and is connected to a weighing sensor (9) provided on the moving frame (61).

5. The containerized heavy truck swap station according to claim 1 is characterized in that: A plurality of charging devices are arranged in the charging room (2), a plurality of battery boxes are arranged in the battery replacement room (3), and the charging devices are electrically connected to the battery boxes.

6. The containerized heavy truck swap station according to claim 1, characterized in that: A transparent observation window (11) is provided on the side of the control room (1) facing the parking passage (4).

7. The containerized heavy truck swap station according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of heat dissipation doors (21) are provided on both side walls in the length direction of the charging chamber (2), and an inspection door (22) is provided on the side wall of the charging chamber (2) facing the parking passage (4).

8. The containerized heavy truck swap station according to claim 2 is characterized in that: An industrial camera (10) is arranged on the mobile frame (61).

9. The containerized heavy truck swap station according to claim 1, characterized in that: The control room (1), charging room (2) and battery exchange room (3) all adopt container-type structures.

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